Improvement in band-ruffles



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS ROBJOHN, OF MOT'I HAVEN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAN D-RU FFLES.

Speeiiicatiou forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,403, dated April 19,1864 antcdated i February 19, 1864.

.T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ROBJOI-IN, of Mott Haven, in the county ofVestchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Ruflling; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, in which` Figure l is a side view of the rnftling without thelace. Fig. 2 is an end view or section. Fig. 3 is an oblique viewshowing the formation of the ruffliug more distinctly. Fig. et is atwisted view ofthe rui-fling with the lace attached. Fig. 5 is an edgeview. Fig. 6 is a top View ofthe instrument used in attaching the laceto the rufiling. Fig. 7 is a side View ot the same, taken from the upperside of Fig. 6. Fig. S isa top view of the'instrument from which therufiling is fed to the crimpingmachine. Fig. 9 is a'verticallongitudinal section ofthe same.

My invention and improvement consists in ruftiing made double, eitherwith or without lace or edging attached to the upper edge, and witheither a single or double band, as may be required.

a is therufie, made of a single piece of cloth doubled over and theedges secured or stitched to the band b, as represented iu Figs. l, 2,and 3.

c is the lace or edging sewed or stitched to the upper edge of thernfing, as represented in Figs. 4, 6, 7, and 8, when required.

b is the band sewed or stitched to the folded edges of the ruffle in theordinary Way, and may be either single or double, as the uses for whichthe ru'fiiing is required may render necessary. I i

In making this rufing I feedthe material of which therufe is to beformed through the part d of the feeding-instrument, Figs. 6 and 7, bywhich it is folded over into proper form,

` and I feed the lace through the part e of the same instrument, bywhich said parts cl and e the rufe and lace are brought into proper formand position for being sewed or stitched together, as represented at thepoint f, Fig. 6, after which I feed the ru'fe and `lace sewed orstitched together, as described, through the instrument represented inFigs. 8 and 9, into a crimping-machine, 0r I feed it directly from theinstrument, Figs. 6 and 7, into a ruftling-machine; or it may be made byrunning a draw-string in and shirring it, according to the quality ofthe ruffiiing or the purpose to which itis to be applied. Then I attacha single or double band, as required, by running the ruffle and bandthrough a Douglas binder and gage, or through any other suitableinstrument.

Vhen I wish to make ruftling without lace attached, I feed the rufethrough the part d of the ins'rumcnt represented in Figs. 6 and 7, tofold it into proper form and then feed it through the instrumentrepresented in Figs. 8 and 9 into the crimping-machine. Then the band isattached, as before described.

I know that rufiling has been made of a single thickness of cloth, bothwith and without the attachmentof lace, and with a single or doubleband, but never before to my knowledge has rufliing been made of clothfolded and arranged a-s herein described.

By this arrangement greater firmness and a higher nish is given to therufin g, causing it to maintain its form longer after being prepared foruse, making it capable of being used for a greater variety ofpnrposesthan ordinary ruftling, and giving it a heavier, liner, and richerappearance, thus constituting it a new and useful article ofmanufacture.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A banded rutile, whether crimped, iuted, ruffled, or shirred, when saidruftle is made ot' two thicknesses of goods, substantially as hereindescribed.

` THOS. ROBJOHN.

Witnesses:

L. A. ROBERTS, J AMEs T. GRAHAM,

